INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS Experimental design, control of variables, measurement, underlying assumptions Data collection Mathematical modeling (data analysis, interpreting graphs) Evaluation of the pendulum model Lab Report: presentation and defense of findings
INSTRUCTIONAL GOALS
Experimental design, control of variables, measurement, underlying assumptions
Data collection
Mathematical modeling (data analysis, interpreting graphs)
Evaluation of the pendulum model
Lab Report: presentation and defense of findings
LAB NOTES & INSTRUCTIONAL COMMENTS:
Circle Lab
Spaghetti lab
Pendulum Lab
STUDENT READING MATERIALS:
Factor-Label Method
Rearranging Algebraic Equations
Graphical methods
Significant figures
Who Used the Metric System?
Mars Probe Lost
Worksheet #1Excel Data Period#, Last Name, First Name Unit 1 WS1 1RuthsColleenUnit1WS1
VIDEOS
What is Physics?
Significant Figures
Scientific Method
GRAPHING:
Graphing By Hand
Graphing by Excel
Algebraic Solving for Variables:
----More Practice at Khan Academy for solving for Variables